(19)
(11) EP 0 777 298 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.08.1997 Bulletin 1997/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/23

(21) Application number: 96118897.6

(22) Date of filing: 26.11.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01R 4/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 27.11.1995 US 563147

(71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Lisle Illinois 60532 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • White, Rowland Spencer
    Lunenberg, Mass. 01462 (US)

(74) Representative: Blumbach, Kramer & Partner 
Patentanwälte, Sonnenberger Strasse 100
65193 Wiesbaden
65193 Wiesbaden (DE)

   


(54) Telecommunications connectors


(57) A telecommunications connector with break/test facility includes a housing (10) which receives a plurality of pairs of contacts (42,44). The housing has a series of first chambers (40) and a series of adjacent second chambers (56). The first contact of each pair has and insulation displacement portion (102,104) received in the first chamber and a spring tail (114) which is received an anchored in the second chamber. The second contact has a conductor termination portion (80) which may be an insulation displacement contact also arranged in the first chamber beneath the first contact, and a spring contact portion (94) arranged in the second chamber to form a spring contact switch with the spring tail of the first contact. A tester (100) may be inserted into the spring contact switch to test the circuits.






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